Methane and nitrous oxide in the ice core record

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1856, 2007, Pages 1775-1792

  Wolff, Eric ^a   Spahni, Renato ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Glacial interglacial cycles; Ice cores; Methane; Nitrous oxide; Pre industrial; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547254513     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2007.2044     Document Type: Article

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